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Lincolnshire

…1HX). This is not the house in which the Wesley children were born for that was destroyed in the historic fire of February 9th 1709. The family were asleep at…

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Leicestershire

…DRAYTON George Fox memorial Just off the busy A5, this was the birthplace of George Fox (1624-1691), founder of the Society of Friends, better known as the Quakers. At the…

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London (Central)

…of the present abbey was built in the reign of Henry III between 1220 and 1272. Additions and improvements were added in subsequent centuries and the familiar West Towers were…

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London (South)

…On each occasion it was rebuilt, retaining the original portico with its six classical columns. The ministry continues today, with the impressive frontage of the church looking out onto the…

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Shropshire

…of two of the Church of England’s oldest missionary organisations – the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel and the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. In 1695 he was…

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Somerset

…intoxicated six times a week and frequently prevented from preaching by two black eyes, honestly earned in fighting. In the graveyard of St Andrew’s Church lies William Chatterton Dix (1837-1898)…

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Sussex

Sussex   BRIGHTON and HOVE In the eighteenth century, the little fishing village of Brighthelmstone grew into a fashionable watering place, reaching its zenith when the Prince Regent commissioned his…

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Berkshire

…is an unlovely place, despite being just three miles from Windsor Castle. Whether it was any better when John Milton (1608-1674) lived here is hard to tell. Milton’s father had…

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Buckinghamshire

…martyrs praise thee.  It names Tylsworth and six others, including a woman, who suffered death at the stake here between 1506 and 1521.  Also mentioned is Thomas Harding, who died…

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